Union Pacific multilevel automobile trains pass east of North Platte, Neb., on the railroad’s Overland Route in June 2018. UP has shifted 70 percent of its automotive traffic out of unit trains and into the merchandise network Bill Stephens OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific’s embrace of Precision Scheduled Railroading principles came just two months after […]
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UP adopts precision scheduled railroading with Unified Plan 2020 NEWSWIRE
UP Monday announced plans to reorganize its system following precision scheduled railroading principles. This southbound auto rack train was at Nunn, Colo., in June 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific today announced its Unified Plan 2020, a new operating plan that implements Precision Scheduled Railroading principles. Unified Plan 2020 will launch Oct. […]
UP to add to refrigerator car fleet NEWSWIRE
A Union Pacific Cold Connect produce train passes through Lombard, Ill. UP is adding to its refrigerator-car fleet. TRAINS: David Lassen SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Union Pacific will acquire 1,000 new refrigerator cars with the possibility of expanding the order to 1,600, a UP official told a recent shippers’ conference. The Produce News reports that […]
How a Big Boy works
Where does the fire burn? Where does the water boil? Where does it travel? What are all those pipes about? Our simplified drawing of how a Big Boy works shows how this king of the rails made and used steam to pull long freight trains up to 70 mph in Wyoming and Utah from 1941 […]
UP crews continue derailment clean-up near Milwaukee NEWSWIRE
BUTLER, Wis. — Clean-up crews are working to remove hopper cars that derailed and went through the wall of a warehouse Monday evening near Milwaukee. Milwaukee-area media report that several hopper cars from a Union Pacific freight train derailed south of the Butler, Wis., yard and pushed through a wall of a warehouse belonging to […]
Turbine in Weber Canyon
Union Pacific No. 51, the first unit in the road’s fleet of General Electric gas-turbine-electric locomotives, climbs east in Weber Canyon with a train out of Ogden, Utah, in mid-1952. I. W. King photo […]
Union Pacific donates $1 million to Utah’s 150th celebration of the Gold Spike NEWSWIRE
UP will support the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad with a $1 million matching donation to the state of Utah. Trains: Jim Wrinn SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Union Pacific said Thursday it will match the $1 million Utah is spending to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad next May 10. “This […]
When will Big Boy No. 4014 steam to Ogden? NEWSWIRE
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 under restoration in Cheyenne, Wyo., in June 2018. Trains: Jim Wrinn OGDEN, Utah — When will Union Pacific Big Boy 4-8-8-4 No. 4014 travel to Ogden in May 2019? That’s the question that’s on every big steam locomotive fan’s mind. In May 2018, UP announced that both No. 4014, currently […]
Trains Presents: Big Boy No. 4014 summer 2018 update
Wheel and boiler work mark the next chapter in No. 4014’s restoration […]
Trains Presents: Big Boy No. 4014 summer 2018 update
Wheel and boiler work mark the next chapter in No. 4014’s restoration […]
Investigators rule UP 844 excursion death accidental; family agrees
BRIGHTON, Colo. — Investigators say the death of a woman photographing Union Pacific steam locomotive No. 844 July 21 suggests the woman was more focused on her cellphone screen than the approaching train. In an interview, the woman’s husband agrees with that assessment, saying that he would not want the accident to deter steam excursions. […]
UP rail shipment delayed nearly six weeks; Trump’s tariffs involved NEWSWIRE
Crews unload long rail segments from the Pacific Spike at Stockton, Calif., in this undated photo. David Lustig The Pacific Spike rail ship. This is the ship that was delayed for week in San Francisco Bay. It is unclear why the ship was delayed. David Lustig SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Union Pacific is facing increased costs […]